Interesting Geological Find

[pdub]

There I was this morning working on the tree/mud/vine bank behind the house. Yes, the $40 Harbor Freight chainsaw is still working. Still. I was tugging on a pile of vines and roots and this thing popped out and rolled down the bank. I've done all the searches I can imagine and I haven't seen anything like it yet. It's rock hard and rock heavy. What the heck is this, some kind of fossil? Any feedback would feed my curiosity.

[Monster]

Looks like corals to me.

[RockJustRock]

My Google Fu says Coral Fossil or Agitized Coral. Can\t find many pictures of the paisley looking part but a lot of the innards.

[pdub]

My Google Fu says Coral Fossil or Agitized Coral. Can\t find many pictures of the paisley looking part but a lot of the innards.

Here's one that says it's a coral fossil cross section. That's just about it, mighty closer than anything I've found. The pattern on the outside of it is fascinating. It's really neat to look at under a magnifying glass.

[pdub]

Cool stuff, thanks guys! Did I ever say that I love BangShift? If I didn't I meant to. Now we can wonder why a piece of fossilized coral was mixed in with a little toy pistol, a GI Joe walkie talkie, broken glass, a house for sale sign, very old barbed wire and a plastic flip flop in that dirt pile.

[RockJustRock]

Now that you bring up the other junk I revise my opinion to just coral. Souvenir to junk, back to souvenir. I was hoping for a geological dig to ensue.

[Dan Barlow]

Here's one that says it's a coral fossil cross section. That's just about it, mighty closer than anything I've found. The pattern on the outside of it is fascinating. It's really neat to look at under a magnifying glass.

Where do you get a magnifying glass large enough to get under ?

[pdub]

Where do you get a magnifying glass large enough to get under ?

On the internet Dan.

[cstmwgn]

On the internet Dan.

But doesn't it get warm under a magnifying glass?

[pdub]

But doesn't it get warm under a magnifying glass?

Only when the sun's out.

[DanStokes]

That rocks!

(somebody had to say it......)

Dan

[pdub]

This area is just loaded with interesting historical artifacts right underfoot. We were riding our trikes on the Greenway this morning and we stopped to take a break. Unit was wandering around and discovered an old pig graveyard. They must have buried them pretty shallow.

[oldsman496]

I think its Brain Coral.

[oletrux4evr]

Yep, undoubtedly a petrified pig's nose. Rare indeed.

[TheSilverBuick]

I think its Brain Coral.